carver

From Middle English carver, karvere, kerver, kervere, equivalent to carve +‎ -er. Cognate with Scots kerver, carver, carvour (“carver”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹvɚ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːvə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)və(ɹ)
• Homophone: calver (Received Pronunciation)

carver (plural carvers)

1. Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.
2. (dated) A carving knife.
3. (dated) A butcher.
4. An armchair as part of a set of dining chairs (originally for the person who is to carve the meat).
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 215:

     She began a circuit of the dining room, peering at the baronial fireplace with its andirons the size of torture racks, and heavy oak carvers like gnarled thrones.

5. (skiing) A ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.

• Carver

• Craver, craver